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ASSOCIATION NEWS AgGateway broadens its scope internationally with a collaborative effort between Europe and North America. AgGateway Europe has completed all necessary legal requirements and is officially organized in the United Kingdom. Members have started with three councils: Crops, Precision Ag and Allied Providers. Also, in Brazil, a group has started the process to form AgGateway Latin America. AgGateway is a consortium of businesses whose mission is to promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture. Keith Jones joins the Biopesticide Industry Alliance (BPIA) as its new Executive Director. He is replacing Bill Stonemanwho is retiring but will continue being involved as a member of the association. Jones is an environmental Jones Attorney who previously served as Executive Director of a land conservation trust in Pennsylvania and as General Counsel for several nonprofit organizations including the Nat’l Assn of Clean Water Agencies. A newU.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance survey reveals consumer attitudes about farming, ranching and sustainability, showing that consumers are interested in learning more about water, soil, air and habitat; the human impact of sustainability; and how agriculture is focused on the future. Respondents also want to hear about future commitments to the environment. The survey found that 56% of all respondents agreed with the statement, “Farmers and ranchers use new technologies and innovations to protect the environment.” Casey Custer, a junior at Waterford High School, Waterford, CA, receives the 1,000th FFA jacket provided through the National FFA Organization’s program “Give the 18 Agri Marketing s September 2015 Gift of Blue.” Funding for the program comes from corporate sponsors including CSX Transportation, Valent and their parent company Sumitomo, Ram Trucks, Tractor Supply Company, along with individual donations and an endowment created by Donald and Mira Ball. Bethany Shively joins the American Seed Trade Assn as Dir of Comms. She had been with theNat’l Assn of Conservation Districts and has been with the Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Senate. Shively Brian T. Baenig joins the Biotechnology Industry Organization as Exec VP, Food & Agriculture Section. He had been with the USDA and has served on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the staffs of Senators Patrick Leahy and Paul Wellstone. Jennie Schmidt of Delmarva, MD, wins the CropLife America’s “Green Thumb Challenge” contest. Throughout August, ag advocates were challenged to paint their thumbs green and post a creative photo on Twitter. Schmidt and her family grow grain, hay, green beans, tomatoes and wine grapes, which are the subjects of her many tweeted photos. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reverses the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging pork checkoff funds were indirectly used to benefit lobbying efforts of the Nat’l Pork Producers Council. With the reversal, the lawsuit, brought by Daily Updates on www.AgriMarketing.com an Iowa pork producer, the Humane Society of the U.S. and Iowa Citizens for Community, could be potentially reconsidered. Jeff Cassady is named Exec VP of the Southern Crop Production Assn, succeeding Edgar Duskin, who is retiring. Cassady had been with Bayer CropScience. Jessica Johnson Bennett rejoins the Nat’l Corn Growers Assn as Dir of Market Development. She had been with Bunge and has been with Booz Allen Hamilton and the American Farm Bureau Federation. Bennett also served in the congressional offices of two members of Congress. Johnson TheNorth American Equipment Dealers Assn (NAEDA) promotes Joe Dykes to VP of Industry Relations. He had been Dir, Member Services. Also at NAEDA, Natalie Higgins joins as VP of Government Relations and General Counsel. Kimberly Atkins is named VP/COO at the U.S. Grains Council (USGC). Cary Sifferath, currently USGC’s Reg’l Dir for the Middle East and Africa, becomes Senior Dir of Global Programs. AM Download the Agri Marketing App! AM News. Weather. Prices. Farm Progress Editors’ blog Go to the Apple or Google store to install your Agri Marketing app!